Top Doctor Who TV Shows & Movies as Voted by IMDB Users
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- DirectorHettie MacdonaldStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanCarey MulliganSally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.Ratings: 9.8/10 from 10,850 users (Highest-rated episode of the series; highest-rated story featuring David Tennant in the title role; highest-ranked story featuring companion Martha Jones; highest-ranked written by Steven Moffat)
- DirectorNick HurranStarsMatt SmithDavid TennantJohn HurtIn 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion.Ratings: 9.4/10 from 12,730 users (Highest-ranked: multi-Doctor story; regeneration episode; and story featuring companion Clara Oswald.)
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateAlex KingstonThe Doctor and Donna visit a planet-sized library but soon realise that the planet is devoid of life, that is until River Song and her team of archaeologists arrive. As they unravel the library's mystery, something lurks in the shadows.Ratings: 9.3/10 from 4,033 users (Part 1 of River Song story. See notes below.)
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateAlex KingstonWith the library darkening, the Doctor takes on the Vashta Nerada while figuring out what links River Song to his future. Meanwhile, Donna finds out the mystery of Dr. Moon and the Girl.Ratings: 9.4/10 from 4,146 users (Part 2. Highest-ranked story: featuring companion Donna Noble; and featuring the recurring character River Song -- also the first story with her.)
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperNoel ClarkeThe Doctor, Mickey and Rose land on a spaceship in the 51st century only to find 18th century Versailles on board, the time of Madame De Pompadour! To find out what's going on the Doctor must enter Versailles and save Madame De Popmpadour but it turns into an emotional roller coaster for the Doctor.Ratings: 9.3/10 from 5,336 users (Highest-ranked single-episode story featuring companion Rose Tyler. Another story has one part ranked higher, with another part ranked lower.)
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperCamille CoduriWhen ghosts of loved ones appear all over the world the Doctor traces the phenomena to the Torchwood Tower, where some old friends and enemies are waiting.Ratings: 8.6/10 from 2,901 users (This is the other Rose Tyler story mentioned. Part 1 of story mentioned below.)
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperCamille CoduriEarth becomes a battleground for the Daleks and the Cybermen. With the whole planet at stake and the Genesis Ark activated, how much will the Doctor sacrifice in order to end the war?Ratings: 9.3/10 from 4,235 users (Part 2. Highest-ranked story featuring the classic villains known as the Cybermen. Highest-ranked story written by Russell T. Davies.)
- DirectorJonny CampbellStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanTony CurranThe Doctor and Amy travel back in time to meet Vincent Van Gogh and face an invisible monster that only the painter can see.Ratings: 9.2/10 from 4,726 users (Highest rated episode featuring Matt Smith as the Doctor, and featuring female companion Amy Pond)
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterGharman tries to convince the Kaleds to vote against the Dalek project but Davros has a trick up his sleeve, while the Doctor works to destroy the tape recording of Dalek victory and the Thals plan an intervention of their own.Ratings: 9.2/10 from 300 users (Highest-ranked story: from the classic era; featuring the Daleks as the main villains; starring Tom Baker as the Doctor; featuring companion Sarah Jane Smith; and written by Terry Nation.)
- DirectorJohn HayesStarsPaul McGannEmma Campbell-JonesClare HigginsWith the aid of the Sisterhood of Karn, the Eighth Doctor regenerates into the War Doctor.Ratings: 9.1/10 from 1,765 users (Highest-ranked story for Paul McGann as the Doctor)
- DirectorNick HurranStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillAfter Rory has an encounter with a weeping angel, the doctor and Amy travel to 1930's New York to save him, but they soon discover that the weeping angels have taken over Manhattan, and soon, maybe, the world.Ratings: 9.1/10 from 3,833 users (Highest-ranked story with companion Rory Pond)
- DirectorPeter HoarStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillA member of The Doctor's team has been abducted and he will call in every favor and maybe even go to war to get them back.Ratings: 9.1/10 from 3,340 users (Highest-ranked episode featuring the Paternoster Gang)
- DirectorJames HawesStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperKate HarveyWhen a spaceship crashes in the middle of the London Blitz the Doctor, Rose and the enigmatic Captain Jack Harkness find themselves investigating a plague of physical injuries and a little boy in a gas mask.Ratings: 9.1/10 from 3,948 users (Part 1 of story mentioned below.)
- DirectorJames HawesStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperAlbert ValentineThe gas mask zombies are on the rise as the plague spreads across war-torn London.Ratings: 9.1/10 from 3,585 users (*Total* highest-ranked story featuring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor, and featuring companion Jack Harkness. There's another two-part story with one part higher than this and one part lower.)
- DirectorJoe AhearneStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperJohn BarrowmanThe Doctor, Rose and Jack are separated and forced to compete in twisted and deadly games on the Game Station.Ratings: 8.7/10 from 3,070 users (Part 1 of story listed below.)
- DirectorJoe AhearneStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperJohn BarrowmanAs the Dalek fleet begin their attack on the Earth, the Doctor and his allies make one final stand.Ratings: 9.1/10 from 3,427 users (Part 2. This is the other highest-ranked Christopher Eccleston story.)
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateBillie PiperThe return of an old enemy leaves Earth along with 26 other planets stolen from their places. As the Doctor and Donna look for the whereabouts of Earth, former companions of the Doctor assemble a resistance against the new Dalek Empire.Ratings: 9.0/10 from 3,180 users (Part 1 of story listed below)
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateBillie PiperIn the wake of Davros' threat to destroy the existence of the Universe itself, the Doctor's companions unite to stop the Dalek empire. Which one will die by the prophecies and what will the fate be for the Doctor?Ratings: 9.1/10 from 3,812 users (Highest-ranked episode featuring K9)
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsPatrick TroughtonWendy PadburyFrazer HinesThe TARDIS is drawn to the planet of the Time Lords where both the Doctor and the War Lord are placed on trial.Ratings: 9.1/10 from 166 users (Highest-ranked episode featuring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor, as well as companions Jamie and Zoe)
- DirectorDouglas MackinnonStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanSamuel AndersonWhen ghosts of past and future crowd into their lives, The Doctor and Clara are thrown into an adventure that takes them to the very end of the universe.Ratings: 9.0/10 from 3,926 users (Highest-ranked episode featuring Peter Capaldi as the Doctor)
- DirectorEuros LynStarsJohn BarrowmanEve MylesGareth David-LloydJack is forced to confess how he helped broker a deal in 1965 when the 456 aliens offered an antidote against a deadly universal flu virus in exchange for twelve children who would 'live forever.' Clem and the team watch via Lois's laptop as the aliens tell Frobisher they will 'wipe out the human species' if their request is not met, and a camera reveals the apparently zombic Scots victims, said by the aliens to be unharmed. Frobisher rejects Jack's offer of help in return for Alice and her son's release. He attends a Cabinet meeting which agrees that the Cabinet's children will be spared and that lower-class kids should be sacrificed instead.This is recorded by Lois and sent to safety with Rhys,giving Ianto and Jack leverage to talk to the aliens but the latter's' response is to unleash a virus which kills dozens, including Clem and,seemingly,Ianto. The government feels forced to capitulate.Ratings: 9.0/10 from 745 users (Highest-ranked episode of the "Torchwood" series -- the fourth of five parts.)
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsColin BakerPeter DavisonNicola BryantChellak and his men attack Jek's base. The Dr. crash-lands the ship, and must escape from his captors to find the antidote to the Spectrox poisoning and save Peri. He does so, but at a staggering cost.Ratings: 8.9/10 from 230 users (Highest-ranked episode: featuring Peter Davison as the Doctor; with companion Peri; featuring the Master; and written by Robert Holmes.)
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerLouise JamesonMichael SpiceThe real face of Weng-Chiang is revealed as the Doctor, Leela, Jago and Litefoot face their final battle against both Magnus Greel and a trigger-happy Mr Sin.Ratings: 8.9/10 from 211 users (Highest-ranked story featuring Leela)
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsJodie WhittakerPeter CapaldiPearl MackieThe further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.Ratings: 8.8/10 from 135,658 users (for the revival series as a whole, 2005-present. #80 on Top 250 TV Shows of all time.)
- 2007–201127mTV-PG8.7 (399)TV EpisodeDirectorAshley WayStarsElisabeth SladenMatt SmithDaniel AnthonyBefore he can die, The Doctor with Jo and Sarah Jane, teleports to the deserted planet. The Doctor swaps places with Clyde, who, with Rani and Santiago, is pursued by the Shansheeths and their ally, Tia Karim, who has helped them as she is bored with life on Earth. The adults return to save them but the two women are caught and held captive in a room containing the TARDIS, the Shansheeth hoping to drain their memories in order to open its door. However, The Doctor, outside the room,communes with them mentally,urging them to recall so many memories it causes overload,destroying the Shansheeths and Karim. The TARDIS then returns everybody to Bannerman Road.Ratings: 8.8/10 from 114 users (Highest-ranked SARAH JANE ADVENTURES story.)
- DirectorMichael HayesStarsTom BakerLalla WardJulian GloverCount Scarlioni reveals his true form as Scaroth, the last of the Jagaroth and uses his time machine to go back in time and rewrite history. The Doctor, Romana and Duggan take to the Tardis in a race against time to stop him.Ratings: 8.8/10 from 252 users (Highest-ranked episode featuring Romana, and written by Douglas Adams)
- DirectorDouglas CamfieldBarry LettsStarsJon PertweeCaroline JohnNicholas CourtneyWith the parallel earth doomed, the Doctor asks his friends' counterparts to help him return to his own world but the Brigade Leader only sees the TARDIS as a means of escape.Ratings: 8.6/10 from 187 users (Highest-ranked episode featuring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor, and with Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart)
- DirectorDouglas CamfieldStarsWilliam HartnellPeter PurvesJean MarshWith the Daleks poised to invade the solar system, the Doctor decides his only option is to activate the Time Destructor prematurely, threatening the entire planet.Ratings: 8.6/10 from 97 users (Highest-ranked episode featuring William Hartnell as the Doctor)
- CreatorDonald WilsonSydney NewmanStarsWilliam HartnellPatrick TroughtonJon PertweeThe adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.Ratings: 8.5/10 from 23,289 users (for the classic series as a whole, 1963-89)
- 1963–198925mTV-PG8.4 (654)TV EpisodeDirectorAndrew MorganStarsSylvester McCoySophie AldredSimon WilliamsWith two factions of Daleks involved in a race war on Earth, the Doctor takes care of old business by having the Hand of Omega ceremoniously but quietly buried in a churchyard. His actions do not go unobserved, and leaving behind a bored Ace without a purposeful outlet could spell trouble as well.Ratings: 8.5/10 from 214 users (Highest-ranked story featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor, with companion Ace)
- DirectorWaris HusseinDouglas CamfieldStarsWilliam HartnellWilliam RussellJacqueline HillTwo schoolteachers investigate the personal life of one of their brilliant students and her mysterious grandfather.Ratings: 8.4/10 from 780 users (The very first episode ever, for comparison purposes)
- DirectorTerry McDonoughStarsDavid BradleyRoss Gurney-RandallRoger MayAn actor tapped by a succession of hard-man roles and a wannabe producer frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama, time travel and monsters.Ratings: 8.3/10 from 4,302 users (A dramatization of the early years of the show, with David Bradley as William Hartnell, who first played the Doctor.)
- DirectorJohn HendersonStarsRowan AtkinsonRichard E. GrantJim BroadbentBefore the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his deadly enemy of certain death - the Master.Ratings: 8.0/10 from 1,157 users (A spoof featuring Rowan Atkinson as a non-canon Doctor. The first filmed Doctor Who story that was written by Steven Moffat!)
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsColin BakerNicola BryantEleanor BronThe Davros running Tranquil Repose has only been a figurehead - literally just a head, created and animated by Davros himself. Now, the real Davros wheels forth to face the Doctor, but his own immoral dealings have fostered an uneasy surrounding situation, riddled with treachery, that only a few might escape.Ratings: 7.9/10 from 143 users (Highest-ranked episode featuring Colin Baker as the Doctor)
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsJohn BarrowmanEve MylesKai OwenThe members of the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization founded by the British Crown, fight to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats.Ratings: 7.8/10 from 32,402 users (for the series as a whole)
- DirectorKeith BoakStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperCamille CoduriWhen ordinary shop-worker Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor she is drawn into his strange and dangerous world; her life will never be the same again.Ratings: 7.6/10 from 4,006 users (The first episode of the revival series, for comparison purposes)
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsElisabeth SladenDaniel AnthonyAlexander ArmstrongInvestigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, with the help of her adopted son, his friends, and an intelligent supercomputer, combats evil alien forces here on Earth.Ratings: 7.6/10 from 3,071 users (for the series as a whole)
- DirectorKarl ZwickyStarsJohn LeesonPhilippa CoulthardSophia Emberson-BainIn saving Professor Gryffen from the most dangerous alien in the galaxy, K9 and Starkey find a home.Ratings: 6.9/10 from 10 users (Highest-ranked episode of the "K9" series.)
- DirectorGeoffrey SaxStarsPaul McGannEric RobertsDaphne AshbrookThe newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.Ratings: 6.4/10 from 7,036 users (A planned pilot for a new series that ultimately wound up being a one-off. One of only two filmed appearances for Paul McGann as the Doctor.)
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsPeter CushingBernard CribbinsRay BrooksDr. Who and his companions arrive on Earth in the year 2150 AD, only to discover that the planet has been invaded and its population enslaved by the dreaded Daleks.Ratings: 6.0/10 from 2,217 users (Sequel to DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS. See below.)
- CreatorShayne ArmstrongPaul TamsBob BakerStarsJohn LeesonRobert MoloneyKeegan JoyceSpin off TV show based on the adventures of the robot dog companion from "Doctor Who".Ratings: 5.8/10 from 170 users (for the series as a whole)
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsPeter CushingRoy CastleJennie LindenAn eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks.Ratings: 5.6/10 from 2,580 users (Non-canon theatrical movie starring Peter Cushing)
- StarsSophie AldredTom BakerColin BakerThe Rani hatches a scheme to trap the incarnations of the Doctor and their various companions in a 20-year time loop in Albert Square.Ratings: 5.2/10 from 281 users (A baffling story that reunites multiple Doctors and companions for a 30th anniversary short.)